Event
1989 attack on La Tablada barracks
23 Jan 1989 – 24 Jan 1989 · 34.70° S, 58.54° W
What the records say
- When
- 23 Jan 1989 – 24 Jan 1989
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 34.70° S, 58.54° W
- Description
- Armed civilian leftists briefly attack and occupy an Argentinian army base near Buenos Aires.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1989 attack on La Tablada barracks.
1989 attack on La Tablada barracks
Guerrilla attack on the Argentine Army
The 1989 Attack on La Tablada barracks also known as the Battle of La Tablada occurred on 23 and 24 January 1989 when 40 members of Movimiento Todos por la Patria (MTP) attacked the military barracks in La Tablada, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. 39 people were killed and 60 injured by the time the Argentine army retook the barracks. The MTP was commanded by former ERP leader Enrique Gorriarán Merlo.
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